Vocabulary Knowledge
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Learning about jobs & work can begin with first learning the words for a variety of jobs. Use the Jobs Flashcard Set of our Vocabulary Flashcards to teach your students vocabulary words for this topic.
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Speaking Activities & Games
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The Careers Card Game is a game suitable for intermediate level students who already have a decently sized vocabulary knowledge. It provides the opportunity for participants to get repeated practice using common occupation words alongside a wide range of common job-related objects and tools. Played in partner-pairs of two, participants take turns being either the asker and the answerer. The answerer draws a single card from a set of 18 cards (but keeps it secret), while the asker lays out an identical set of 18 cards in front of them. The asker then needs ask a series of simple questions to deduce which of the 18 cards in front of them matches the "secret card" held by the answerer. The sentence pattern "Does the monkey have a _________________?" is used by the asker in this game, with different objects being systematically inserted into the blank. After using this sentence pattern to ask a question, based on the answerer's response, the asker can flip any cards that CAN'T be a match to the "secret card" face-down, until only one career card remains face up.
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"Excuse me, sir. I need some advice on how to teach my turtle to swim." The Petshop Role-Play series of printable role-play props makes it easy to set up a wide variety of realistic workplace communication scenarios. Engage students by having them take turns playing the roles of different workplace positions, include 'customer service representative,' 'animal care specialist,' and 'manager.' Then have other participants visit the petshop to make various requests. This role-play kit series makes it easy to make various petshop animals and products from of cardstock. All that is required is use of a color printer and some simple cutting and gluing.
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"I want to speak to a manager!" Students can use materials from the Fast-Food Role-Play kit series to practice their verbal workplace communication skills while role-playing a variety of restaurant customer-service/food-preparation scenarios. Teachers can give students different job titles, such as 'cashier,' 'cook,' and 'manager,' and then have them role-play a resolution to various situations, such as a customer finding a spider in their food or a cashier being being impolite to a coworker. Like the Petshop Role-Play kit above, constructing this role-play prop series only requires a some printer-friendly cardstock, and a little straightforward printing, cutting, and gluing.
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